Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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Michael Gove (2017)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ("Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ") is a British government office. He is formally responsible for the duchy, but the leadership is taken over by a body, the council . The actual official burdens of the Chancellor have been so low for decades that the holder of this post is practically a freely available minister with no portfolio .

The post has been held by the previous Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove , since the Johnson Cabinet took over government on July 24, 2019 . His duties as Non-Portfolio Minister include overseeing the Cabinet office and overseeing the impact of Brexit on devolution in the UK.

The office has often been given to young cabinet members who are entrusted with responsibilities in a specific area of ​​politics for which there is no institutionalized ministerial office. It was also given to veteran politicians as a sinecure to close their political career, as a comfortable end to their political career. In the past, however, the office has sometimes served as a political sideline for fallen greats on the political stage. This was the case with Winston Churchill, who in 1915 during the First World War, after the failure of the Gallipoli expedition he had initiated , for which he was publicly held responsible, had to resign from the office of Minister of the Navy as one of the core offices of the British government. only to be deported to the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - meaningless in its influence on the war.

More recently, office has been linked to serving as Minister for the Cabinet Office , as in the case of Alan Milburn , who had received the title of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 2004 while rejoining the Cabinet. This enabled him to have a seat in the cabinet without having to take on a time-consuming government post, so that he could devote himself to his duties as campaign manager in the general election in 2005 with full government proximity.

List of Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster

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October 6, 1399 November 25, 1402 William Burgoyne The date on which the fees were paid was assumed to be the date on which the office began.
November 25, 1402 March 3, 1405 John Wakering The date on which the fees were paid was assumed to be the date on which the office began.
March 3, 1405 March 11, 1410 Thomas Stanley He died while in office.
March 30, 1410 April 4, 1413 John Springthorpe
April 4, 1413 January 27, 1431 John Wodehouse He died while in office.
February 16, 1431 February 2, 1449 Walter Shiryngton He died while in office.
February 2, 1449 September 23, 1450 William Tresham He died while in office.
September 23, 1450 June 10, 1471 John Say He was made a knight in 1465.
June 10, 1471 November 3, 1477 Richard Fowler He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1469 to 1471 .
November 3, 1477 1478 John Say He died while in office.
April 22, 1478 July 7, 1483 Thomas Thwaites He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1471 to 1483.
July 7, 1483 September 13, 1485 Thomas Metcalfe
September 13, 1485 August 5, 1503 Reginald Bray He died while in office.
June 24, 1504 October / November 1504 John Mordaunt He died while in office.
October 3, 1505 after April 22, 1509 Richard Empson He was dismissed.
May 14, 1509 April 6, 1523 Henry Marney He was made Baron Marny shortly before his death in 1523 .
April 6, 1523 July 22, 1525 Richard Wingfield He died while in office.
September 30, 1525 November 3, 1529 Thomas More
November 3, 1529 October 15, 1542 William Fitzwilliam He was named Earl of Southampton in 1537 . He died while in office.
October 1542 July 1, 1547 John Gage
July 1, 1547 July 7, 1552 William Paget Baron Paget since 1549
July 7, 1552 1553 John Gates
1553 November 28, 1557 Robert Rochester He died while in office.
January 22, 1558 January 24, 1559 Edward Waldgrave
January 24, 1559 April 2, 1568 Ambrose Cave He died while in office.
May 16, 1568 May 30, 1587 Ralph Sadler He died while in office.
June 15, 1587 April 6, 1590 Francis Walsingham He died while in office.
June 1590 October 17, 1595 Thomas Heneage He died while in office.
October 23, 1595 October 7, 1597 vacant
October 7, 1597 June 18, 1599 Robert Cecil
June 18, 1599 September 24, 1601 vacant
September 24, 1601 October 8, 1601 John Fortescue
October 8, 1601 November 4, 1601 vacant
November 4, 1601 December 23, 1607 John Fortescue He died during his 2nd term.
December 23, 1607 May 31, 1616 Thomas Parry He died while in office.
June 5, 1616 January 1618 John Dacombe
February 3, 1618 March 23, 1618 vacant
March 23, 1618 April 16, 1629 Humphrey May
April 16, 1629 December 1644 Edward Barrett He died while in office.
December 10, 1644 February 10, 1645 Francis, Lord Seymour
February 10, 1645 March 17, 1648 William Gray and William Lenthall
March 17, 1648 July 28, 1649 Gilbert Gerrard
July 28, 1649 17th September 1653 John Bradshaw
17th September 1653 February 28, 1654 John Bradshaw and Thomas Fell
February 28, 1654 December 5, 1658 Thomas Fell
December 5, 1658 February 27, 1660 John Bradshaw 2. Sole term of office
February 27, 1660 March 14, 1660 William Lenthall
March 14, 1660 July 9, 1660 Gilbert Gerrard 2. Term of office
July 9, 1660 July 12, 1664 Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge He died while in office.
July 21, 1664 February 13, 1672 Thomas Ingram He died while in office.
February 22, 1672 November 14, 1682 Robert Carr, 3rd Baronet He died while in office.
November 14, 1682 March 15, 1687 Thomas Chicheley
March 15, 1687 May 25, 1687 vacant
May 25, 1687 March 21, 1689 Robert Phelips
March 21, 1689 May 4, 1697 Robert Bertie, Baron Willoughby de Eresby
May 4, 1697 May 12, 1702 Thomas Gray, 2nd Earl of Stamford
May 12, 1702 June 1, 1706 Sir John Leveson-Gower, Bt.
June 1, 1706 September 21, 1710 James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
September 21, 1710 November 4, 1714 William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton
November 4, 1714 March 12, 1716 Heneage Finch He was named 1st Earl of Aylesford in 1714.
March 12, 1716 June 19, 1717 Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough
June 19, 1717 June 18, 1727 Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere He died while in office.
July 24, 1727 May 17, 1736 John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
May 17, 1736 December 22, 1743 George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
December 22, 1743 January 24, 1758 Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
January 24, 1758 December 13, 1762 Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
December 13, 1762 June 1, 1771 James Smith-Stanley He died while in office.
June 14, 1771 April 17, 1782 Thomas Villiers He was made 1st Earl of Clarendon in 1776.
April 17, 1782 August 29, 1783 John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton
August 29, 1783 December 31, 1783 Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
December 31, 1783 September 6, 1786 Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon 2. Term of office
September 6, 1786 November 11, 1803 Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
November 11, 1803 June 6, 1804 Thomas Pelham
June 6, 1804 January 14, 1805 Henry Phipps
January 14, 1805 July 10, 1805 Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
July 10, 1805 February 12, 1806 Dudley Ryder
February 12, 1806 March 30, 1807 Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby 2. Term of office
March 30, 1807 June 23, 1812 Spencer Perceval
June 23, 1812 August 23, 1812 Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 2. Term of office
August 23, 1812 February 13, 1823 Charles Bathurst
February 13, 1823 January 26, 1828 Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
January 26, 1828 June 2, 1828 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
June 2, 1828 November 25, 1830 Charles Arbuthnot
November 25, 1830 December 20, 1830 Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
December 20, 1830 December 26, 1834 Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington
December 26, 1834 April 23, 1835 Charles Williams Wynn
April 23, 1835 October 31, 1840 Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland 2. Term of office
October 31, 1840 June 23, 1841 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
June 23, 1841 September 3, 1841 George Gray
September 3, 1841 July 6, 1846 Charles Henry Somerset, Lord Grenville
July 6, 1846 March 6, 1850 John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
March 6, 1850 March 1, 1852 George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle
March 1, 1852 December 30, 1852 Robert Nisbet-Hamilton
December 30, 1852 June 21, 1854 Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper
June 21, 1854 March 31, 1855 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
March 31, 1855 December 7, 1855 Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
December 7, 1855 February 26, 1858 Matthew Talbot Baines
February 26, 1858 June 22, 1859 James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose
June 22, 1859 July 25, 1861 George Gray 2. Term of office
July 25, 1861 April 7, 1864 Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell
April 7, 1864 January 26, 1866 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 2. Term of office
January 26, 1866 July 10, 1866 George Goschen
July 10, 1866 June 26, 1867 William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon
June 26, 1867 November 7, 1868 John Wilson-Patten
November 7, 1868 December 12, 1868 Thomas Edward Taylor
December 12, 1868 August 9, 1872 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
August 9, 1872 September 30, 1873 Hugh Childers
September 30, 1873 March 2, 1874 John Bright
March 2, 1874 April 29, 1880 Thomas Edward Taylor 2. Term of office
April 29, 1880 July 25, 1882 John Bright 2. Term of office
July 25, 1882 December 28, 1882 John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
December 28, 1882 October 29, 1884 John George Dodson
October 29, 1884 July 24, 1885 George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
July 24, 1885 February 6, 1886 Henry Chaplin
February 6, 1886 April 16, 1886 Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage
April 16, 1886 August 3, 1886 Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baronet
August 3, 1886 August 16, 1886 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook
August 16, 1886 August 18, 1892 John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
August 18, 1892 May 28, 1894 James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
May 28, 1894 June 29, 1895 Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
June 29, 1895 4th July 1895 Richard Cross
4th July 1895 August 11, 1902 Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
August 11, 1902 December 11, 1905 William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran
December 11, 1905 October 19, 1908 Henry Fowler
October 19, 1908 June 28, 1909 Edmond Fitzmaurice
June 28, 1909 February 19, 1910 Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
February 19, 1910 October 24, 1911 Jack Pease
October 24, 1911 February 12, 1914 Charles Hobhouse
February 12, 1914 February 10, 1915 Charles Masterman
February 10, 1915 May 27, 1915 Edwin Samuel Montagu
May 27, 1915 November 30, 1915 Winston Churchill
November 30, 1915 January 12, 1916 Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel 2. Term of office
January 12, 1916 July 12, 1916 Edwin Samuel Montagu 2. Term of office
July 12, 1916 December 13, 1916 McKinnon Wood
December 13, 1916 March 4, 1918 Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley
March 4, 1918 November 8, 1918 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
November 8, 1918 February 10, 1919 William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
February 10, 1919 April 5, 1921 David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
April 5, 1921 May 5, 1922 William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
May 5, 1922 October 26, 1922 William Sutherland
October 26, 1922 May 28, 1923 James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
May 28, 1923 January 23, 1924 JCC Davidson
January 23, 1924 November 19, 1924 Josiah Wedgwood
November 19, 1924 November 3, 1927 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
November 3, 1927 June 8, 1929 Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun
June 8, 1929 May 24, 1930 Oswald Mosley
May 24, 1930 March 20, 1931 Clement Attlee
March 20, 1931 August 26, 1931 Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
August 26, 1931 November 12, 1931 Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian
November 12, 1931 May 28, 1937 JCC Davidson 2. Term of office
May 28, 1937 February 2, 1939 Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton
February 2, 1939 April 5, 1940 William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
April 5, 1940 May 15, 1940 George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon
May 15, 1940 July 22, 1941 Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey
July 22, 1941 November 17, 1943 Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
November 17, 1943 May 28, 1945 Ernest Brown
May 28, 1945 August 14, 1945 Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter
August 14, 1945 April 23, 1947 John Burns Hynd
April 23, 1947 June 22, 1948 Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
June 22, 1948 March 16, 1950 Hugh Dalton
March 16, 1950 October 31, 1951 Albert Alexander
October 31, 1951 December 15, 1952 Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
December 15, 1952 December 22, 1955 Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
December 22, 1955 January 14, 1957 George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk
January 14, 1957 October 9, 1961 Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton
October 9, 1961 October 20, 1963 Iain Macleod
October 20, 1963 October 18, 1964 John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham
October 18, 1964 April 6, 1966 Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby
April 6, 1966 7th January 1967 George Thomson
7th January 1967 October 6, 1969 Frederick Lee
October 6, 1969 June 20, 1970 George Thomson 2. Term of office
June 20, 1970 July 25, 1970 Anthony Barber, Baron Barber
July 25, 1970 5th November 1972 Geoffrey Rippon
5th November 1972 March 5th 1974 John Davies
March 5th 1974 4th May 1979 Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester
4th May 1979 5th January 1981 Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley
5th January 1981 September 14, 1981 Francis Pym
September 14, 1981 April 7, 1982 Janet Young, Baroness Young
April 7, 1982 June 11, 1983 Cecil Parkinson
June 11, 1983 September 11, 1984 Arthur Cockfield
September 11, 1984 2nd September 1985 Gray Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie
2nd September 1985 June 13, 1987 Norman Tebbit
June 13, 1987 July 25, 1988 Kenneth Clarke
July 25, 1988 July 24, 1989 Tony Newton
July 24, 1989 November 28, 1990 Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
November 28, 1990 April 10, 1992 Chris Patten
April 10, 1992 July 20, 1994 William Waldegrave
July 20, 1994 June 26, 1995 David Hunt
June 26, 1995 May 2, 1997 Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman
May 2, 1997 July 27, 1998 David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere
July 27, 1998 October 11, 1999 Jack Cunningham
October 11, 1999 June 7, 2001 Mo Mowlam
June 7, 2001 June 13, 2003 Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston
June 13, 2003 September 8, 2004 Douglas Alexander
September 8, 2004 May 6, 2005 Alan Milburn
May 6, 2005 November 2, 2005 John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness
November 2, 2005 May 5, 2006 vacant
May 5, 2006 June 27, 2007 Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
June 27, 2007 October 3, 2008 Ed Miliband
October 3, 2008 June 5, 2009 Liam Byrne
June 5, 2009 May 11, 2010 Janet Royall
May 11, 2010 January 7, 2013 Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
January 7, 2013 July 14, 2014 Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford
July 14, 2014 July 14, 2016 Oliver Letwin
July 14, 2016 January 8, 2018 Patrick McLoughlin
January 8, 2018 July 24, 2019 David Lidington
July 24, 2019 officiating Michael Gove
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literature

  • Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Third Edition, London, 1986, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , pp. 149-153

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